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Pasta-Fu Master (Level 5)

A few months ago I acquired a Kitchen-Aid pasta maker attachment (KPRA) for my mixer. There’s a long convoluted story behind this, the first KPRA I bought (while in Boston) was stolen on the flight to Israel. Thankfully Uri and Tamar got me a new one when they last visited.

Anyway, I’ve made pasta like 6-7 times so far and I’m steadily improving. I decided that the ranking of a true pasta-fu master should be measured by the thickness of the pasta. At first I could only reach level 3 before the pasta sheets got all sticky and crumply and much screaming was heard in Bloch street, Tel Aviv.

But now finally I am proud to say I am a level 5 master! The pasty, much like silk, flows through my hands, behaving like a well-behaved kitten, and producing the most angelic of pastas. Yesterday we made pasta (there would have been pictures but Shachar was a bit sick so I was rushed) and I dried it on our weird Israeli-style laundry drying device.

Huzzah!

Worldwide Photowalk

A very cool global event is taking place on July 18th (one month from now) – The 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk. Its an event organized by a great photographer (and author) named Scott Kelby. On that Saturday, groups around the world will go out and take photos together, simple yet fun!

Somehow I got to organize the Tel-Aviv walk, so far I have 20+ participants registered, and I hope to fill it (50) by the time of the walk. Our Tel-Aviv walk will take place in the afternoon, hopefully including the sunset, in the south of Tel-Aviv. I still don’t have a final route for the walk, its been hectic so I haven’t been able to tour the locales.

So go ahead and register, be supportive of photography, Tel-Aviv, yourself and me! Did I mention that you might stand to win some cool prizes?

Be The Vegetable!

For a few months now we’ve been subscribing (funny word in this context) to receive a crate of organic vegetables weekly. A nice lady called Maggie grows the vegetables in her large garden (near Jerusalem) and ships it out for a pretty reasonable price. We decided to go down the organic path for a few reasons (a) we thought it’d be cool (b) we wanted Shachar to eat healthier food (c) its nice to support small businesses, especially cool ones like this.

However, and that leads me to today’s post subject, we have no control over the vegetables we get!? Yes indeed, a few days before each shipment we get a list, and then it just arrives. Most of the vegetables I know how to deal with (Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Carrots etc.) but sometimes you get the really weird ones and you have no idea what to do with them. Read the rest of this entry »

Tel-aviv Marathon 2009

My legs are so sore. Ouch. As you can surmise from the title, I ran in the Tel-aviv marathon this morning. I only did the 10k run, but it sounds better if I omit that tiny little fact and just say ‘Marathon’, doesn’t it?

Fellow runners included Tomer, Eitan, LiorG, Oshri, Udi&Guy and about a bazillion other people whom I don’t know. At the starting line right next to me though, was this girl in very fashionable running clothes, with full make-up and earrings, weirder and weirder…

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Blogroll

I read a lot of blogs. A lot of blogs. My google reader currently lists 70 subscriptions. They are divided between things that interest me professionaly (programming, graphics, internet thingies) and my hobbies (cooking, photography, roleplaying, computer games). You can always see my shared items here, but I thought I’d list some of my really favorite blogs: Read the rest of this entry »